Comments on: The Default Will Always Be One-Size-Fits-All http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/ Be Irresistible Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Liz Strauss http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Liz Strauss Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:43:34 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/#comment-378 Hi David, The abstract may even be something they're taught to ignore or avoid. How many elephants in how many rooms have you seem people refuse to see? Is that fear? What is that? Lake of imagination? I truly don't understand a life in which there is no abstract. Hi David,
The abstract may even be something they’re taught to ignore or avoid. How many elephants in how many rooms have you seem people refuse to see? Is that fear? What is that? Lake of imagination?

I truly don’t understand a life in which there is no abstract.

]]> By: David Zemens http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-377 David Zemens Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:39:30 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/#comment-377 The "abstract" is difficult for many managers to grasp. I am not certain that they want to learn how to grab hold if it. Sometimes it is just easier for them to ignore what could be, isn't it? Sad ... The “abstract” is difficult for many managers to grasp. I am not certain that they want to learn how to grab hold if it. Sometimes it is just easier for them to ignore what could be, isn’t it? Sad …

]]> By: Liz Strauss http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Liz Strauss Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:22:03 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/#comment-376 Hi David, I would love to think so. I have a son who is creative and the world would be his. His degree will be economics. What he could do by pairing both. But I'm totally serious. People can't watch what they can't see. I and they can't measure what they can't watch. That's where the problem will always be. That's where the door swings wide wide open for charlatans and quacks. Then the folks who were nervous about going there will shut the door again. It's happened before in schools . . . I've seen it twice since I gradutated college. It's sad, but group is the default. Hi David,
I would love to think so. I have a son who is creative and the world would be his. His degree will be economics. What he could do by pairing both.

But I’m totally serious. People can’t watch what they can’t see. I and they can’t measure what they can’t watch. That’s where the problem will always be. That’s where the door swings wide wide open for charlatans and quacks.

Then the folks who were nervous about going there will shut the door again.

It’s happened before in schools . . . I’ve seen it twice since I gradutated college.

It’s sad, but group is the default.

]]> By: DavidC http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/comment-page-1/#comment-375 DavidC Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:12:13 +0000 http://www.lizstrauss.com/2006/08/25/everyones-business/the-default-will-always-be-one-size-fits-all/#comment-375 Unfortunately, the bottom line of any for-profit business in a capitalist democracy is, well, the bottom line. Dollars and cents, that's what really matters. Anything that doesn't <em>directly</em> lead to immediate additional dollars and cents is extraneous overhead that needs to be surgically removed. Over and over again I've seen creative, caring executives get hammered by a board of directors that has a 3 month window on getting their ROI out of any proposal. That kind of mentality literally sucks the lifeblood out of the creative process, and ultimately, the business itself. Wall Street makes the rules, business need executives that can execute to meet those rules. Schools need to be able to provide those kinds of executives. The demand is a narrow default, so schools put programs in place to meet that demand. I don't think that you need to look beyond a simple supply and demand model to find the true source of the problem. But, if you listen carefully you can hear the winds of change starting to blow. The people that adhere to these old models will soon die off like the dinosaurs they are. Those that survive are the ones that will find their way to places like this. Creativity will be the new 'in', boards of directors will start looking for execs that can look long term, and invest in creative models that will assure long term growth. Schools will recognize that, and adjust their curriculum to provide those kinds of individuals. Supply and demand reigns supreme once again, and all is right in the world. Ooohmmm…. Unfortunately, the bottom line of any for-profit business in a capitalist democracy is, well, the bottom line. Dollars and cents, that’s what really matters. Anything that doesn’t directly lead to immediate additional dollars and cents is extraneous overhead that needs to be surgically removed.

Over and over again I’ve seen creative, caring executives get hammered by a board of directors that has a 3 month window on getting their ROI out of any proposal. That kind of mentality literally sucks the lifeblood out of the creative process, and ultimately, the business itself.

Wall Street makes the rules, business need executives that can execute to meet those rules. Schools need to be able to provide those kinds of executives. The demand is a narrow default, so schools put programs in place to meet that demand. I don’t think that you need to look beyond a simple supply and demand model to find the true source of the problem.

But, if you listen carefully you can hear the winds of change starting to blow.

The people that adhere to these old models will soon die off like the dinosaurs they are. Those that survive are the ones that will find their way to places like this. Creativity will be the new ‘in’, boards of directors will start looking for execs that can look long term, and invest in creative models that will assure long term growth. Schools will recognize that, and adjust their curriculum to provide those kinds of individuals. Supply and demand reigns supreme once again, and all is right in the world.

Ooohmmm….

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